#A79442#A79442

#A79442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79442
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -3.19, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 45.12, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0116 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.105 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5108, 29.7899, 9.4541)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79442 #4255A7

analogous

#A76142 #A79442 #87A742

triadic

#A79442 #42A794 #9442A7

tetradic

#A79442 #42A761 #4255A7 #A74287

square

#A79442 #42A761 #4255A7 #A74287

split-complementary

#A79442 #4287A7 #6142A7

monochromatic

#4F461F #7B6D31 #A79442 #C2B064 #D3C790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A79442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A79442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79442

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79442	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b379',
    500: '#a79442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79442;
$custom-light: #c4b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66681,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79442

secondary

#8691BE

accent

#6CD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79442

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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